Enrollment Trends at Suffolk

The student population at Suffolk University is 6,734 (4,381 undergraduate and 2,353 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,941 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Suffolk is 65.06% which is decreased by 1,277 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 664 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.68 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

215 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 126.32% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,404 where 6,734 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

65.06% of total students is undergraduate students and 34.94% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,277 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 664 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.68 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Suffolk than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Suffolk University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	8,675	5,658	2,550	3,108	3,017	1,304	1,713
2014-15	8,215 -460	5,390 -268	2,410 -140	2,980 -128	2,825 -192	1,170 -134	1,655 -58
2015-16	7,922 -293	5,441 51	2,505 95	2,936 -44	2,481 -344	1,030 -140	1,451 -204
2016-17	7,461 -461	5,191 -250	2,358 -147	2,833 -103	2,270 -211	950 -80	1,320 -131
2017-18	7,201 -260	5,030 -161	2,310 -48	2,720 -113	2,171 -99	889 -61	1,282 -38
2018-19	7,186 -15	5,044 14	2,263 -47	2,781 61	2,142 -29	888 -1	1,254 -28
2019-20	7,169 -17	4,862 -182	2,136 -127	2,726 -55	2,307 165	946 58	1,361 107
2020-21	6,830 -339	4,397 -465	1,861 -275	2,536 -190	2,433 126	966 20	1,467 106
2021-22	6,647 -183	4,227 -170	1,735 -126	2,492 -44	2,420 -13	899 -67	1,521 54
2022-23	6,734 87	4,381 154	1,655 -80	2,726 234	2,353 -67	855 -44	1,498 -23
Average	7,404	4,962	2,178	2,784	2,442	990	1,452

Suffolk University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,962 where 4,381 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Suffolk University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,658	5,236	2,336	2,900	422	214	208
2014-15	5,390	5,024	2,225	2,799	366	185	181
2015-16	5,441	5,108	2,350	2,758	333	155	178
2016-17	5,191	4,906	2,226	2,680	285	132	153
2017-18	5,030	4,762	2,172	2,590	268	138	130
2018-19	5,044	4,836	2,155	2,681	208	108	100
2019-20	4,862	4,665	2,043	2,622	197	93	104
2020-21	4,397	4,179	1,760	2,419	218	101	117
2021-22	4,227	4,043	1,637	2,406	184	98	86
2022-23	4,381	4,213	1,571	2,642	168	84	84
Average	4,962	4,962	2,048	2,650	4,962	131	134

Suffolk University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,442 where 2,353 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Suffolk University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,017	1,579	672	907	1,438	632	806
2014-15	2,825	1,390	545	845	1,435	625	810
2015-16	2,481	1,195	477	718	1,286	553	733
2016-17	2,270	1,153	482	671	1,117	468	649
2017-18	2,171	1,111	456	655	1,060	433	627
2018-19	2,142	1,139	459	680	1,003	429	574
2019-20	2,307	1,249	521	728	1,058	425	633
2020-21	2,433	1,299	511	788	1,134	455	679
2021-22	2,420	1,345	472	873	1,075	427	648
2022-23	2,353	1,377	488	889	976	367	609
Average	2,442	2,442	508	775	2,442	481	677

Suffolk University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.03%. The percentage was 48.51% 10 years ago and Suffolk still has a high percentage of white students. 6.79% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.34% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Suffolk University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	11	588	490	812	1	4,208	116
2014-15	10	588	519	812	1	3,815	146
2015-16	14	558	508	818	3	3,726	139
2016-17	8	546	470	779	4	3,673	143
2017-18	9	514	417	766	4	3,726	149
2018-19	9	485	407	801	5	3,729	174
2019-20	8	493	422	831	7	3,693	160
2020-21	11	496	422	826	1	3,669	154
2021-22	11	492	426	808	1	3,620	188
2022-23	8	457	494	890	3	3,571	217
Average	10	522	458	814	3	3,743	159

Suffolk University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

215 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 3% of total students. The number of online students has increased 126.32% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Suffolk University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	8,215	95	284	7,836
2015-16	7,922	89	300	7,533
2016-17	7,461	68	306	7,087
2017-18	7,201	80	492	6,629
2018-19	7,186	72	444	6,670
2019-20	7,169	88	829	6,252
2020-21	6,830	139	2,579	4,112
2021-22	6,647	261	2,746	3,640
2022-23	6,734	215	3,014	3,505
Average	7,263	123	1,222	5,918

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